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Guardian Creaking Spine Greatsword Build

A defense-first Greatsword route that pairs Creaking Spine with Guardian, Wind Song and Bloodstone sustain, with an important Hard Mode boss life-steal warning.

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Weapon progression

Follow the order; focus changes route advice only. Hover or focus an icon for its details.

Stage focus
  1. 1 Steel Greatsword
  2. 2 Bone GearbladeConverts the special attack into a self-enhancing reassembly action. special attack defense scaling combo
  3. 3 Creaking SpineWeapon Action Whirlwind is changed to Special Attack: Reassemble.
Tier 1

Begin in the heavy Greatsword family.

Key Artifacts

Guardian 10, Wind Song 10, Bloodstone Earrings and Rock Elephant

Guardian Wind Song Mystic
Bloodstone Earrings[Unique] HP Drain +8 Defense -30/25/20/10
Bloodstone EarringsUpgrade to reduce the defense penalty; keep enough defense for long fights.
Cloth ArmorDefense +3/6
Cloth ArmorPairs with the life-steal opening and contributes to Guardian.
Rock Elephant[Unique] Activated Artifact (Cooldown: 15s; reduced by 3.0s upon consuming a dash charge) Fires 3 rock spears dealing damage equal to +70/95/125/160/200% of Defense Additional roc…
Rock ElephantAdd after sustain to turn the defensive package into more damage.
Pan Lid[Unique] MP Regeneration +2/4/6/8/11/15 Evasion +1/2/3/4/5/6 Gain the 'Endurance' buff upon landing a physical critical hit on an enemy. Endurance: Defense +3 for 6 seconds (stack…
Pan LidSupports repeated Reassemble use when MP is the limiting resource.
White CapeDuration of all buffs applied by the user +30/60/100/130/160/200%
White CapeExtends buffs when their short duration is the limiting factor.
  • Guardian 10 and Wind Song 10Start Guardian +3 and Wind Song +3; favor defense and attack speed while completing both.

No fixed final positions or upgrade levels are provided. Adapt the remaining space to the run.

Setup & run choices

Character and starting choices, plus Miracles selected during a run.

Character
Rabbit variant not specified
Talents
20 Endure, 20 Willpower
Wishing Fountain
Not specified by this source
Fruit Skewer
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Miracle
Not specified by this source

Source & version

Recommendations stay attached to their evidence and stated version.

Build sourceCommunity guideVersion stated by sourceVersion not specified by this sourceSnapshot patch anchor1.0.33

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